Discovered by Max Wolf MPC designation 890 Waltraut Observation arc 95.39 yr (34842 days) Discovered 11 March 1918 Discoverer Max Wolf Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 11 March 1918 Minor planet category Eos asteroids Aphelion 3.2017 AU (478.97 Gm) Orbits Sun Asteroid family Eos family | |
Discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl Similar 528 Rezia, 889 Erynia, 540 Rosamunde, 807 Ceraskia, 509 Iolanda | ||
890 Waltraut is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on March 11, 1918. It was named for a character in Richard Wagner's opera, Götterdämmerung or Twilight of the Gods.
This is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body.
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